Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 21: A delegation of thirty students, both male and female, from North-Eastern States of the country, are on three-day visit to Jammu under Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s `Students Experience In Inter-State Living’ (SEIL).
Informing this to media persons, here today, in the presence of these students from North-Eastern States, the SEIL convener Anil Reddy said that objective of this programme was to strengthen the national unity despite cultural diversity.
“Objective of the SEIL is to fill the inter-State gap among people by linking them with each other through culturally and for this purpose, we have been organizing such visits since 1966,” he said.
The group of students from North-Eastern States, including Assam, Manipur, Meghalya, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, arrived here yesterday after visiting Jhansi, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh.
Talking to the media persons, they expressed their delight over visiting Jammu and said that the SEIL has greatly helped them to understand the culture and heritage of different States of the country.
State secretary Varsha Jandiyal, Jammu Mahanagar incharge Ganesh Malhotra, Mahanagar organizing secretary Ganesh, secretary Naina Dogra, State vice president Maan Singh and others were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, the group of visiting students visited Amar Mahal Museum and had breakfast meeting with senior BJP leader and Member Legislative Council, Ajatshatru Singh at Hotel Hari Niwas Palace.
Students visited the Amar Mahal and gained information regarding the rich heritage of Dogra culture and the Dogra rulers in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Later an interaction session was also held in which Ajatshatru Singh interacted with the delegates who raised many queries regarding the history, languages, culture, and topography of the State.
In his address to the delegates, Ajatshatru Singh appreciated the role of ABVP for organizing such Inter-state visits of youth from North Eastern States to know about the nation. “India is one nation and we all are sons and daughters living in different parts of the nation with one heart irrespective of caste, language, tribes, and food habits,” he said and exhorted the students to work for unity within the country so that a strong India is built to face all challenges. “The students are ambassadors of our vision and we must prepare them to remain vigilant against all ills,” he stressed.
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